17 Jul
Posted by Jim Nguyen as Athletes, Business, News, Social Media, Technology, press releases
Future US buys news aggregator sites Ballhype and Showhype to beef up online portfolio - $3 million for the two sites - not bad at all and it shows that digg-clones for niche markets are viable.
UFC Former Heavyweight Champ Andrei “The Pit Bull” Arlovski Launches a Social Network - You can check out the former […]
16 Jul
Posted by Jim Nguyen as Business, EA, Fantasy Football, Fantasy Sports, Madden, News, Technology, Video Games, Virtual Sports, press releases
EA Sports Releases Fantasy Football Live Draft Tracker - A few days early too! But still, the main detractor is that leagues cannot do their draft online using their Xbox360.
FantasyFootballNerd.com Opens Site to Developers - We mentioned their comparison site last week, which uses a meta-search engine. Now, they are announcing the release of a […]
14 Jul
Posted by Jim Nguyen as Athletes, Business, FSTA, Fantasy Sports, News, Olympics, Social Media, Technology, Virtual Sports, fantasy soccer
A Meeting of Fantasy’s Sharpest Minds - A review of the FSTA conference that occurred last week.
Atomic Moguls announces dozens of new fantasy games to be released in coming sports seasons - Lots of new games planned from this company, including college football, and English soccer.
Michael Phelps’ wave takes swimming to new heights - It’s […]
11 Jul
Posted by Jim Nguyen as Baseball, Business, Fantasy Sports, MLB, News, Technology, Video Games, Virtual Sports
As we previewed yesterday, Challenge Games has released a new online game that combines virtual baseball trading cards with a fantasy game. Challenge Games is not new to the online gaming field, they created a successful online multiplayer game called Duels. The difference with their games versus some of the more massive online games requiring […]
10 Jul
Posted by Jim Nguyen as Business, FSTA, Fantasy Sports, Marketing, Media, News, Opensports, Social Media, Technology, Yahoo!, press releases
Announcing Baseball Boss - Game Combines Trading Cards with Fantasy Sports - Interesting concept, we’ll review the site in a separate full post shortly.
Fantasy Sports Industry Grows to a $800 Million Industry With 29.9 Million Players - We previewed this story for you on Tuesday, but here is the press release. Impressive growth indeed.
Yahoo Opens […]
09 Jul
Posted by Jim Nguyen as Business, Fantasy Football, News, Olympics, Soccer, Technology
FantasyFootballNerd.com Compares Multiple Sites for Fantasy Football Fans - This site let’s you compares fantasy football sites using a meta-search engine.
Technology provides the winning edge in Olympic sports - from swimming to basketball, it’s all about the technology that will be on display in Beijing.
Chelsea FC steps up social focus online - One of the […]
08 Jul
Posted by Jim Nguyen as Business, FSTA, Fantasy Sports, News, press releases
In a newsletter sent to its members this morning, the Fantasy Sports Trade Association announced that the fantasy sports industry has grown to a staggering 29.9 million people now actively playing in the U.S. and Canada and $800 million spent directly on fantasy sports products. This is based on a survey conducted by the Fantasy […]
07 Jul
Posted by Jim Nguyen as Business, Fantasy Football, Fantasy Sports, Marketing, Media, Olympics, Technology
Share Results Combines with SportsBuff.com on Affiliate Program - Affiliates who promote SportsBuff.com will receive an aggressive 25% rev share commission and a 90-day cookie. Nice.
Digital technology to play major role in Olympics - The network’s new Total Audience Measurement Index will be closely tracked.
Google now tracking the Tour de France with Street View - […]
03 Jul
Posted by Jim Nguyen as Baseball, Business, Legal, News, Social Media, Video Games, Virtual Sports, press releases
Fantasy Sports’ Reverse Crossover - Interesting article from the Wall Street Journal
which chronicles how cutting-edge technology used to track baseball stats can help fantasy owners own their competition.
Press Release: Play Hard Sports Announces Beta Sign Up for Its Free to Play Online Football Game - Get in now to lock in your team name […]
02 Jul
Posted by Jim Nguyen as Business, Fantasy Sports, News, Olympics, Soccer, Social Media, Technology, fantasy soccer
SoccerPro.com announced the launch of Goalmouth Scramble, a podcast for tips and tactics for the a fantasy sports soccer simulation game, SoccerManager.com - This is a soccer-based fantasy game worth checking out.
Real Life Fantasy: A Solution To Salaries In Sports - An interesting proposition: how about paying athletes based on their statistical performance?
Loop’d Network Takes […]